The good natur'd man
Subtitle: a comedy as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden
By: by Mr. Goldsmith
Contributors: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, author of introduction; Griffin, William, active 1758-1776, bookseller; Holgate, William, former owner; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Edition: A new edition.
Publisher: Printed for W. Griffin, in Catherine-Street, Strand
Published: 1768
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
Other titles: Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeariana (Boston Public Library)
Notes: Headpiece.

This book displays the typographical peculiarities ascribed by William B. Todd to the "3f" impression. For further information, see: Todd, William B. "The first editions of The good natur'd man and She stoops to conquer." Studies in Bibliography 11: 113-142, 1958.

P. [75] has pressfigure 1.

Prologue by Samuel Johnson.

With a half-title and an epilogue.

ESTC T1549

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy halfbound in 19th-century calfskin and marbled paper. The armorial bookplate of William Holgate is present on the front pastedown and that of the Barton Library on the rear. This items is the first of two bound together in a volume titled "Goldsmith's plays." This volume includes [1]: The good natur'd man: a comedy as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden / by Mr. Goldsmith -- [2]: She stoops to conquer, or, The mistakes of a night: a comedy ... / written by Dr. Goldsmith.